Table 4.

Accuracies as the weighted correlation between mBV and dependent variable (r_A) and the weighted average individual accuracy (r_I) calculated for the five traits in the seven validation breeds

	Rom		Coop		Peren		RCP		Texel		RCPT		CRP
Trait	rA	rI	rA	rI	rA	rI	rA	rI	rA	rI	rA	rI	rA	rI
DAG3	0.34	0.46	0.56	0.52	0.26	0.35	0.41	0.44	−0.07	0.16	0.35	0.42	0.39	0.40
DAG8	0.40	0.47	0.41	0.43	0.11	0.31	0.31	0.35	0.15	0.13	0.40	0.33	0.16	0.30
FEC1	0.40	0.51	0.71	0.55	0.22	0.41	0.65	0.49	0.03	0.21	0.39	0.51	0.50	0.46
FEC2	0.49	0.51	0.69	0.49	0.18	0.39	0.68	0.46	0.09	0.18	0.26	0.41	0.66	0.34
AFEC	0.27	0.35	0.24	0.35	0.24	0.28	0.29	0.33	0.10	0.11	−0.22	0.28	0.33	0.23

Rom Romney, Coop Coopworth, Peren Perendale, RCP CompRCP, RCPT CompRCPT, CRP CompCRP, r _A weighted correlation between mBV and dependent variable, r _I weighted average individual accuracy, PC principal components, DAG3, DAG8 dag score at three and eight months, respectively, FEC1, FEC2, AFEC nematode faecal egg count in summer, autumn and as an adult, respectively